I can't believe how immature some people are in here. GUYS -- who cares what country we live in? I'm sure all of us wish for aspects of our own country mingled in with aspects of another.
Myself, I wish public transportation was utilized more here in the northern Baltimore area (and in the general D.C./Baltimore area as well) because, quite frankly, TRAFFIC HERE SUCKS. People can't drive. They run red lights, use a one lane road as two lanes, honk your horn at you b/c you're going to slow even though you're already going 30 miles OVER the speedlimit!
I wish more bars around here were called pubs! The only local "pub" is McShae's down towards the harbor.
I wish our crime situation was closer to what Japan has. As in: almost nonexistant. I wish I felt safe walking in certain sections of Baltimore at night (hell, in daytime I'm scared).
I wish a lot of my friends hadn't done too many drugs, and gone into rehab. I wish some of them didn't think it was ok to get slapped around by their boyfriends (girlfriend, in one case).
I wish I didn't have to hear "so-so is such a horrible person" everytime a political ad comes on the TV.
I wish people would stopping throwing the cost of World War II around. England owes us money? Stupid. England gave us (when I say "us", I mean the Allies -- the U.S., Canada, the Free forces of exiled governments, etc, etc, (where Australian forces used in Europe, or only in the Pacific?)) the best opportunity to get into Europe and stop that madman. Do none of you realize what a threat Hitler was? We all paid the cost in blood, and Great Britain did that the longest (speaking of which, the French are being real pricks if they expect the Brits to pay them back for damage inflicted during the invasion, IMHO).
Could we all grow up please?
On that note: how the British drive on the wrong side of the road is a total mystery to me ... but, hey, most of their cars are manual transmission instead of this prissy automatic, so its all good!
Jeff
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Ahh, as I recall, all British, French, & other Allied war debts were effectively absolved sometime during the 80s, turned into "gifts."
Besides, remember the mass land & business buyouts back then? The Japanese were the 2nd-largest buyers. The first were the BRITISH.
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Never tell a bunch of women in Liverpool that you are going to change your pants... Innocent enough in the US..... a way to get laughed at in England. London was nice, great pubs, the Thames has several romantic spots where the lights are just right and it's quiet. Although the Rhine has more parks near it. I haven't found a comparable spot here in the US.
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For my final post before I go back up to Liverpool, I thought I should leave some words of advice to Omega. Lord knows he needs them.
Please, Omega old chap, pull your head out of your arse and take a look at the world. It looks and smells a lot better than what you're currently staring at.
Failing that, you can continue to ignore other people's opinions/advice, and convince yourself that you are, indeed, the dog's bollocks. Which you are. But only at licking.
Your status-line is very apt. By my reckoning, you should be about as humble as a hare who has just come in second place after losing to a tortiose. There are lots of people on these forums who are smarter, older, more experienced, and better shaggers than you. Listen to them. And by listen, I mean listen. I don't mean "read, then quote selected bits". Okay? Because otherwise you're going to find out that people far less nice than UM are going to want to prick that pompous little head of yours.
[This message has been edited by PsyLiam (edited September 24, 2000).]
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Older doesn't mean smarter, Liam. Especially when it comes to you and me.
For you see, I understand rationality. You apparently do not. I respond to the points you make. You do not respond to mine. I want to find the truth. You've already made up your mind that what I have to say is utter crap, without giving your reasons. I have evidence on my side. You have naught but faulty reasoning. I try to remain civil. You result to name-calling.
Tell me: which one of us seems more intelligent, eh?
I'm calling you out. Actual, moderated debate. Chat room. Name your time and moderator. I personally suggest Charles, but that's just me. IRC seems like the best venue, but ICQ might work better. Pick one. Just so long as it's someone I know. Your slander ends NOW.
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Sure, you'd find it amusing. You wouldn't be the one beating his head on a wall.
Daryus is also an acceptable moderator. Although the timezones might cause a problem. I mean, with one in Central, one in England, and one in Australia...
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Ever been in the Infantry? Now THAT is beating your head against a wall, a tree, a hill, and a whole slew of other things..... Don't confuse intelligence, wisdom/common sense, and patience, and don't lump them in to one thing. Also, don't disregard the fact that a person may be a genius with mathmatics, but their grasp of grammar may be for crap. Einstein could remember his Reletivity, but couldn't remember what he had done with the pencil in his hand.
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_I_ could always moderate, since, first of all, this entire thread WAS my doing, and secondly (but perhaps most importantly), I've made it a hobby to disagree with BOTH of you about half the time each, and thirdly, because I just can't get over that one time Baloo complimented me on my ability to weed out bullshit.
I can see it now: *TWEET!* Illegal use of ad-hominem attack by the offense, penalty! *TWEET!* Unacceptable 'guilt by association' comment by the defense, penalty!
But I don't use ICQ. *sigh*
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[This message has been edited by First of Two (edited September 25, 2000).]
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Well, why the heck not? You don't have to advertize your number. We could have some interesting debates, without posting them in a place where we're the only two that actually care.
But I was thinking more IRC. That way, we could have anyone who wants to watch there. 'Course, you'd have to have a way to make sure that no one would interrupt. Maybe a seperate room for spectators to talk in, so they can talk and watch in two seperate windows?
------------------ "The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." - George Bernard Shaw
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